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CHAPTER I.
Th approach to the otiuvs of Girdle
tone & Co. no: a very t.m.Sed one
A narrow doorway opens into a Ion
white-washed passage. On C'e sKle oi
this is bra-s plate with the inription.
"Girdlestone Co.. African Merchants."
and above it a curious hioro.'iyphx' sup
posed to represent a h-.im.m 'iaad in the
not of pointing. Following the g-.iid.mov
of this emblem, the wayfarer tiisls hiir
se!f in a small square yarl '.irr .HindeJ
by doors. u;xn one of which rhe name
of the firm rea;;vars in lar;-1 white let
ters, with the word "push" pr.nred be
neath it. If he fo'.Iosvs this 1 iconic invi
tation he will make his way iuro a Ions,
low npartnieut. which is the couutin.'
hot;? of tie African traders.
On the afternoon of which we speak
thiiiss were quiet at the offi.,s. Misty
I-ondon light shone hazily through th"
glazed windows and cast dark shadows in
the corners. On a high perch in the
background a weary-faced, elderly man.
with muttering lips and tappii: fingers,
cast up endless lines of figures. Beneath
him, in front of two long shining mahog
any desks, naif a score of young men ai
peared to be riding furiously, neck and
neck, in the race of life. Any habitue of
a London office might have deduced from
their relentless energy and incorruptible
diligence that they were under the eyes
f some member of the firm.
The member in question leaned again-t
the marble mantelpiece, turning over the
pages of an almanac, and taking from
time to time a stealthy peep over the top
of it at the toilers around him. Com
mand was imprinted iu every line of his
strong, square-set face and erect, pow
erful frame. There was something class
ical in the regular .!ive-tinred features
and black, crisp, curling hair fitting tight
ly to the well-rounded head. Vet, though
classical, there was an absence of spirit
uality. It was rather the profile of one
of those Roman emperors, splendid in its
animal strength, but lacking those subt'e
softnesses of eye and mouth which speak
of an inner life. Such ,wa3 Ezra, tat
only child of John Girdlestone, and the
heir to the whole of his vast business.
The junior partner was sik-nt, and th"
clerks were working uneasily. Their
fears were terminated by the sharp sound
of a table-gong and the appearance of
a boy with the announcement that Mr.
Girdlestone would like a moment's conver
sation with Mr. Ezra.
The sanctum of Mr. John Girdlestone
was approached by two doors, one of oai
with groundless panels, and the other
covered with green baize. The room itself
wa9 small, but lofty, and the walls wen
ornamented by numerous sections of ships
tuck upon long fiat boards, very much
as the remains of fossil fish are exhibited
in museums. There were also several pho
tographs of the various vessels belonging
to the firm, together with maps, char's
and lists of sailings innurnerab'e. Abov
the fireplace was a large water-color
painting of the barque Belinda as she
appeared when on a reef to the north of
Cape I'almas. An inscription beneatn
this work of art announced that it had
been painted by the second officer an J
presented by bin to the head of the firm.
It was generally rumored that the mer
chants had lost heavily over this disas
ter, and there were some who quoted it
as an instance of Girdles-tone's habitual
strength of mind that he' shoald decorate
bis wall with so melancholy a souvenir.
John Girdlestone, as he : at at h s
square office table waiting for his son,
was undeniably a reinarkanle looking
man. For good or for evil no weak
character lay beneath that hard angular
face, with the strongly marked features
and deep-set eyes.
He was known to be a fanatic in r
ligiou, a purist in morals, and a man of
the strictest commercial integrity. Yet
there were some few who looked askance
at him, and none, save one, who could ap
ply the word friend to him.
He rose and stood with his back to the
fire as his son entered. He was so tall
that he towered above the younger matt,
but the lattw'a square and compact frame
made him, apart from the difference of
age, the stronger man.
"There's news of the Black Eagle." h
said. "She is reported from Madeira."
"Ah '." cried the junior partner eagerly.
"What luck?"
"She is full, or nearly so. according to
Captain Hamilton Miggs reyort.
"I wonder Miggs was able to send a
report at all, and I wonder still more
that you should put any faith in it," his
son said impatiently. "Tbs fellow is
flever sober."
"Miggs is a good seaman, and popular
on the coast. He may indulge at tim
but we all have our failings. Here is the
list vouched for by our agent. 'Six hun
dred lrrrels of palm oil' "
"Oil is down to-day," the ocher inter
rupted. "It will rise before the Rlack Eagle
arrives." the merchant rejoined confident
ly. "Then be has palm nuts in bulk, gum
ebony, kins, cochineal, and ivory. Ivory
Is at a fancy figure. We are sorely in
need of a few good voyages, for things
have been very slack of late. It is not
upon this matter that I wanted to speak
to you," Girdlestone continued. "It ba.
bowever. always been my practice to pre
fer matters of business to private affairs,
however pressing. John Harston is snid
to be dying, snd be bas sent a message to
ine saying that he wishes to see me.
It Is inconvenient for me to l"ave the
office j;:st now, but I feel thnt it is my
t'hr.stUu duty to obey such a summon.
I wish jou. therefore, to look after things
until I return."
"I can hardly believe that toe news is
trut," Esra said, in astonishment. "Tfcsrc
must be some mistake. Why, 1 spoke to
him on 'Change last Monday."
"It is very sudden," his father an
swered, taking his broad-brimmed hat
from a peg. "There is no doubt about
the fact, however.'" The doctor says that
there is very little hope that he will sur
vive until evening. It is a case of malig
na nt typhoid fever."
"You are very old friends?" Ezra re
marked, looking thoughtfully at his fath
er. "I have known him since we were boys
together," the other replied, 'lour moth
er, Ezra, died upon the very day that
Harst on's wife gave birth to this daugh
ter of his seventeen years ago. Mrs.
Harston only survived a few days."
"How will the money go if the doctors
are right?" Ezra asked keeuly.
"Every penny to the girl,'' the mer
chant answered. "She will be an heiress.
There are no other relatives that I know
of, except the Dinisdales, and they have a
fair fortune of their own. But I must
S."
The African merchant hailed a hanson
and drove out to his friend's house at
Fulham. He and Harston had been char
ity school boys together, had roughed it
together, risen together, and prospered
together. Harston, by Incessant attention
to business and extreme parsimony, had
succeeded in founding an export trading
concern. In this he had followed the ex
ample of his friend. There was no fear
of rheir interests ever coming into col
lision, as his operations were confined to
the Mediterranean. The firm grew and
prospered, until Harston began to be look
ed upon as a warm man in the City cir
cles. His only child was Kate, a girl of
seventeen. There were no other near
relatives, save Dr. Dimsdale, a prosper
ous West End physician. , .
Girdlestone pushed open the iron gate
and strode down the gravel walk which
led to his friend's house. A bright sum
mer sun shining out of a cloudless heaven
bathed the green lawn and the mauy-col-ored
flower beds in its golden light. The
atr, the leaves, the birds, all spoke of life.
It was hard to think that death was
closing its grip upon him who owned them
all. A plump little gentleman in black
was just descending the steps.
"Well, doctor," the merchant asked,
"how is your patient?"
"You've not come with the Intention of
seeing him, have you?" the doctor asked,
glancing up with some curiosity at tho
grey face and overhanging eyebrows of
the merchant. "It is a most virulent case
of typhoid. : He may die in an hour or
he may live until nightfall, but nothin?
can save him. He will hardly recogniza
you. I fear, and you can do him no good.
It is most infectious, and yon are incur
ring a needless danger. I should strong
ly recommend you not to go."
"Why, you've only just come down
from him ypurself, doctor," John Girdle
stone remarked.
"Ah, I'm there in the way of duty."
"So am I," said the visitor decisive'y.
and passing up the stone stepa of the en
trance strode into the hall. There was a
large sitting room upon the ground floor,
through the open door of which the v:s
itor saw a sight which arrested him for
a moment. A young girl was s'tting in
a recess near the window, with her little,
supple figure bent forward, and her hands
clasped at the back of her head, while
the elbows rested upon a small table in
front of her. Her superb Lrown hair
fell in a thick wave on either side ov?r
her white round arms. The doctor had
just broken his sad tidings to her, and
she was still in the first paroxysm of her
grief a grief too acute, as was evident
even to the unsentimental mind of tLe
merchant, to allow of any attempt at con
solation. The merchant paused irreso
lutely for a moment, and then ascending
the broad staircase he pushed open the
door of Ilarston's room and entered.
The blinds were drawn down and the
chamber was very dark. A pungent whiff
of disinfectants issued from it, mingled
with the dank, heavy smell of disease.
The bed was in a far corner. Without
seeing him. Girdlestone could bear the
fast labored breathing of the invalid. A
trimly dressed nurse who had been sitting
by the bedside rose, and, recognizing the
visitor, whispered- a few words to him
and left the room. He pulled tie cord of
the Venetian blind so as to adm't a few
rays of daylight. ' The great chamber
looked dreary and bare, as carpets and
hangings had been removed to lessen thu
chance of future infection. John Girdle
stone stepped softly across to the bedside,
and sat down by his dying friend. Th
latter turned his restless head round,
and a gleam of recognition and gratitude
canie into his eyes.
"I knew you would come," he said.
"Yes, I came the moment 1 fc'ot your
meawage."
"I am glad that you are here," the
sufferer continued with a sign of relief.
"I wish to speak to you. I am very
weak. I have been making my will,
John. Stoop your head and you w;ll
hear me better. I have less than fifty
thousand. I should have done better bad
I retired years ago."
"I told you so," the other broke iu
gruffly.
"You did you did. But I teted for
the best. Forty thousand I leave to my
daughterKate."
A look of interest came over Girdk
stone's face. "How about tha balance?"
he asked.
"I leave that to be equally divided
among the various London institution
for educating the poor. We were both
poor boys ourselves. John, and we know
the value of such schools."
Girdlestone looked perhaps a trifle dis
appointed. The sick man went on very
slowly and painfully:
"My daughter will have forty thousand
pounds. But it is so tied up that she
can neither touch it herself nor enable
anyone else to do so until she is of age
She has no friends, John, and no rela
tions, save only my cousin. Dr. George
Dimsdale. Never was a girl 'eft more
lonely and unprotected. Take her, I beg
of you, and bring her np unJer yot;r
own eye. Treat her as thotign she we--1
your child. Guard her above all from
those who would wreck her young life n
order to share her fortune. Do this, old
friend, and make me happy on my death
bed." The merchant made no answer. H's
heavy eyebrows were drawn down, and
bis forehead all puckered with thought.
"You are the one man," continued the
sufferer, "whom I know to be Just and up
right Give me the water, for mymouth
la dry. Should my dear girl perish bo
fore she marries, then, old friend, her for -tuae
reverta to you, for there is Joe vbo
will use it so well. Those are tho terms
of the will. But you will guard her and
care for her, as I would myself. She Is
n tender plant, John, too weak to grow
alone. Promise me that you will do right
by her promise it?"
"I do promise it," John G'rdlestone an
swered in a deep voice. He was standing
up now, and leaning over to catch the
words of the dying man.
The sick man's head fell back exhaust
ed upon his pillow. "Thank heaven."
he muttered, "now I can die in peace."
"Turn your mind away from the vani
ties and dross of this world," John Girdle
stone said sternly, "and fix It upon that
which is eternal, and qan never die."
"Are you going?" the lu valid asked
sadly, for he had taken up his and stick.
"Yes, I must go! I have an appoint
ment in the city at six, which I must not
miss. I shall send up the nurse as I gJ
down," Girdlestone said. "Good-bye!"
"Good-by ! Heaven bliss you, John."
The firm, strong hand of the hale man
enclosed for a moment the feeble burning
one of the sufferer. Then John Girdle
stone plodded heavily down th- stair, an',
these friends of forty years' standing had
said their last adieu. 1
The African merchant kept ha appoint
ment in the city, but long bef iie he reach
ed it John Harston had goue also to
keep that last terrible appointment of
which the messenger is death.
CII AFTER II.
"Come In." said Mr. Girdlestone. "Why,
captain, I am glad to see you back safe
and well."
"Glad to see ye, sir glad to see ye."
The voice was thick and husky, ana
there was an indecision about his gait as
though he had been drinking heavily. "I
came in sort o' cautious," the owner con
tinued, " 'cause I didn't know who might
be about. When you and me speaks to
gether we likes to speak alone, jou bet"
The merchant raised his bushy eye
brows a little, as though he aid not relish
the idea of mutual confidences suggested
by his companion's remark. "Hadn't you
better take a seat?" he said. "I must
congratulate you on your cargo, and wish
you the same luck for your aext voyage."
the merchant continued.
"Ivory, an' gold dust, an' skins, an'
resin, an' cochineal, an' gums, an' ebony,
an' rice, an' tobacco, an' fruits, an' nuts
in bulk. If there's a better cargo about
I'd like to see it," the sailor said defi
antly. "Say, now, weren't you surprised
to see us come back eh? Straight now,
between man and man?"
"The old ship hangs together well, and
has lots of work in her yet," the mer
chant answered.
"Lots of work! I thought she was
gone in the bay ! We'd a dirty night with
a gale from the west-sou'west, an' had
been goin' by dead reckonin' for three
days, so we weren't over and above Bute
o ourselves. She wasn't much of a sea
going craft when we left England, but the
sun had fried all the pitch out o' her
seams, and you might ha' put your fin
ger through some of them. Two days
an' a night we were at the pumps, for
she leaked like a sieve. We lost the fore
topsail, blown clean out o' the ringbolts.
I never thought to see Lunnoa again."
"If she could weather a gale l'k thai
she could make another voyage."
"She could start on another," the sailor
said gloomily, "but as like as not shed
never see the end o't."
"Come, come, you're not quite yourself
this morning. Miggs. We value you us
a dashing, fearless fellow let me fill your
glass again who doesn't fear a little risk
where there's something to be gained.
You'll lose your good name .f you go
on like that."
"She's in a terrible bad way," the cat
tain insisted. "You'll have co do some
thing before she can go."
"What shall we have to do?"
"Dry dock her and give her a thorough
overhaul. She might sink before she got
out o' the Channel if she went as she i
just now."
(To be continued.)
' Reflned frnelty of Boy.
"For genuine cruelty the average
fi-year-old boy has got a Hottentot can
nibal licked to a frazzle," said tha
proud father of a young hopeful the
other day to a Philadelphia Record
man. "The latest trick of my kid Is a
winner, but was sort pf rough on the
victim, which was our pet cat. About
three weeks ago we noticed that pussy
suddenly ntopied eating and drinking.
All the choice bits of meat and dishes
of milk were left untouched.
"For several days we explained It by
supiiosing that the cat was getting more
than the ordinary number of mice and
eating them to the exclusion of our
offerings, but we soon noticed that she
was becoming thin and gaunt and did
not seem inclined to move about ami
purr as she used to. One day, after
two weeks of this, I picked up the now
skeleton cat and begau to stroke Its
neck.
"What do you think I found? A thin J
rubber band stretched tightly around
the throat, concealed by the long fur.
It Just permitted the cat to breathe, but
she could not eat. I removed it and
now she is getting along all right.
When I asked the ly about It he said
be Just wanted to see If kitty would
strangle. If It had been anything else
but a cat it would have been dead in
no time."
Holda Nothing.
"A spendthrift," remarked the home
grown philosopher, "Is a good deal like
a tub with the bottom knocked out," I
"What's the answer?" queried the
very young man. j
"He takes all that comes, but is able
to hold nothing," explained the philoso- J
phy disjeiiser.
He Took (he Blame.
Muggins Behold in me a self-made
man.
Digglns I congratulate you because
of your charitableness.
Muggins I beg pardon?
Digglns You are certainly charlta
ble in taking the blame on yourself.
"Sot In Stock.
Customer (In book store) Hart yof
the Century Magazine?
Nw Clerk No, sir; we ha.r not
log but monthly max a line-
Stamp Palling Device.
nere is a sketch of a device which
will do good work In the way of re
moving stumps. It can be operated
by n innu anil a boy if stumps do not
exceed 'six or eight Inches in diameter.
For larger stumps two men find a boy
may be employed. The boy can change
the hook at each swing of the pole. In
the Illustration two short chains (No.
1 and 2) are shown attached to the
pole. These are each four feet long
with a common grab hook on one end
and a round hook or ring at the other
end. The longer chains are fixed to
the stumps, one of them reaching to
the pole, the other to the grab hooks.
The pole requires to be 15 or 16 feet
DEVICE FOB PUU.INO STUMPS.
long and 5 or 6 Inches In diameter at
the butt. To operate, put chain No. 4
on the biggest stump and have the
other end fixed to the pole about 18 or
20 inches from the end. Take chain
No. 1 and place it 6 inches nearer the
end and chain No. 2 six inches on the
other side. Now place chain No. 3 on
the stump that is to be pulled and
swing the pole as far as possible; at
tach the grab hook from No. 1 to No. 3
chain; swing the le'ver (pole) until
No. 2 chain can be attached to No. 3.
Keep swinging back and forth, chang
ing hoops at every swing until stump
Is up. For heavier stumping a horse
rig on a similar principle may be used,
only the chain requires to be heavier
and stronger. Make the hooks on No.
1 and 2 with just turn enough to hold
in the link of No. 3.
Protecting Fowls on Rooata.
Naturally the fowls catch cold more
readily at night when on the roost
than during the day, when they are
moving around freely so that protec
tion should always be given them If
there Is danger in this respect or If the
nights are very cold and It is desired
to keep all the heat possible among the
birds. Flace the roosts so that the
backs will rest against the wall of the
poultry house, then, on the roof of the
building a few Inches farther from the
wall than the lower roost, erect a
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PBOTKCTION FOB FOWLS.
frame to which a curtain can be at
tached made of any desired material,
unbleached muslin, burlap and old
carpet being good materials, so that
when It is let down It will fall to the
ground directly in front ojf the lower
.roost. By the' use ofa strap and a
hook at either end a simple plan Is had
of fastening the curtain ln'plhce when
it is not in use. The dotted line In
the illustration shows where the cur
tain will fall when dropped nnd the
entire plan is easily seen from the cut
and can be readily worked out at small
Hist.
Plowing Mannre Vnder.
When coarse stable manure Is plow
ed under and there Is moisture enough
In the soil and manure to cause its
fermentation, It Immediately begins to
furnish food for crops. It does this
all the better in early spring, as the
manure under the furrow holds it up
and admits warm air from above,
which Is Just what Is required to catye
active fermentation. The release of
ammonia as the manure ferments en
riches all the soil above it, as the con
stant tendency to warm air is to rise.
Hence there Is gooil reason for apply
ing manure as top dressing during the
winter on land that is to be plowed or
hoed for crops lu the Bprlng.
Amount of Seed Reqolred Per Acre.
The amount of seeds required to an
acre is estimated as follows: Oats,
3 bushels; barley, 2 bushels; timothy, 0
quarts ; tobacco, 2 ounces ; bluograss, 2
bushels; red clover, 8 quarts; red top, 1
to 2 pecks ; millet, one-qnarter bushel ;
orchard grass, 2 quarts ; white clover, 4
quarts; buckwheat, one-half bushel;
corn, broadcast, 4 bushels ; potatoes, 10
to 15 bushels; ruta-bagas, three-fourths
pound; mixed lawn grass, one-half
buBhel; corn, in hills, 4 to 8 quarts;
corn. In drills, 2 to 3 bushels; rye,
1 to 2 bushels; wheat, 1 to 2
bushel
Improving; Corn.
Realizing that the improvement of
corn Is a matter of concern to every
agricultural practloner, because of the
wide adaptability and general cultiva
tion of the cereal, the Virginia Agricul
tural Experiment Station has publish
ed in a bulletin of nearly 100. pages
the results of experiments In that field.
In a general Introduction the bulletin
says :
"Investigations show very clearly
that the corn plant is quickly affected
by the environment in which it is
placed and yields readily to selection,
so that the way for Improvement Is
open to all who will make a systematic
study of this important crop. The fact
that corn crosses so easily has resulted
in the development of numberless so
called varieties or strains, and It Is
manlfestely Impossible to effect perma
nent Improvement In any of these with
out first understanding their individual
peculiarities and the good and bad
points possessed by each.
"Observation leans to the belief that
the indiscriminate crossing of plants
without first studying them carefully
and eliminating the hundreds of unde
sirable varieties and the thousands of ,
useless Individuals is a- waste of time, I
and that more permanent good can be !
effected by making a basic study of va-1
rletles, rejecting all those that do not ,
reach a definite standard, and then pro- j
ceedlng to systematically Improve
those that seem worthy of extended
consideration."
The Red Spider,
In dealing with that troublesome Ht
tie pest, the red spider, a really suc
cessful remedy is found In some of the
liquid tobacco or nicotine extracts,
now fairly numerous on the market.
They may be Used either by vaporiza
tion overheat, directly with steam
pressure, or by spraying cold dilutions
In water. They are rather costly and
must be handled with care, as they
are particularly deadly Internal poison
to humans as well as animals, but are
effective when used according to direc
tions and 'little harmful to even the
most delicate plants, states Rural New
Yorker. This remedy Is of course ef
fective on less resistant Insects, such
as aphlds, thrlps and scales. It does
not promise much as regards white fly
or outdoor scales, but we have good
remedies for these pests in hydrocyanic
gas and soluble oils.
Hawka and Poultry.
A writer In the Scientific America),
declares that he effectually put an end
to the depredation of hawks in his
poultry yard by fastening an old scythe,
ground to a razor edge, with the sharp
end down, on a high pole set In the
edge of ft field near his yards. The
hawks, as is their habit, lit on the
scythe, grasping It with their claws,
with the result that their feet were
badly cut. This angered them and they
attacked the scythe, literally tooth and
toenail, and of course got the worst of
it Every hawk that came along met
with a like reception, and within a
short time they were either killed or
driven away.
Molasses Cake for Cattle.
The molasses cake used in France as
food for cattle consists In the boiling
of molasses and working It briskly with
mixture of corn flour nnd bran, when it
Is pressed Into the ordinary form of a
cake and packed In bags for sale. The
proportions used are one-third molasses,
one-third flour, one-third bran. The
suburban dairymen claimed that In the
use of this molasses cake there are ex
tra yield of milk and an Increase In
proportion of butter fat. The proper
quantity in feeding should be G to 10
pounds dally, which is not Intended as
rt Basis of food, but as a condiment,
and to assist digestion.
Gain In Fertlllslna; the Soil.
The soil is the farmer's capital, and... vn Buelow. to meet the de-
he can only keep that capital uuimpalr- j man(1 wifh con8ijerati0n, culminated last
ed by adding fertility to it. As the gunjay jn a tremendous demonstration
fertility decreases, his capital decreases Rt iiPrlin, where more than 70.000 So
and becomes Impaired. Plants and anl-1 cialists and their friends attempted to
mals are his stock in trade by having
i.t .i.ifo oiwi milninlu Ho enn
only beat the other fellow In the com
petition of trade by having a better
stock in trade and something that peo
ple want nnd are willing to pay a good
pi Ice for, because it is a good article.
The more fertile his soil, the cheaper , influence the government a bit. Sternest
he can produce the articles which the measures were taken to preserve ordr on
people want Sunday, large bodies of police and sol-
diers being stationed about the city. In
Still for Denatured Alcohol. most cases the parades were broken up.
The French use small stills for tht. the police charging with swords and the
manufacture of perfumes and brandies people resisting with clubs and stones,
and an article In Popular Mechanics so that many on both sides were injured.
,t , I Thousands of women joined in the demon
describing the stills, suggests their r marching and sinffinff wjth
for the manufacture of denatured alco-! mpn Rp80,,)tions for the suffrage and
hoi on a small scale. Some of these thfi BW,ret ballot were passed by all the
distilling outfits cost only $20; some are meetings. The movement extends through-
portable (hand-pushed or horse-drawn),
and various fuels are used In the sev
eral styles of machines.
Deep Plowing.
The air penetrates as deep as we
plow. The deeier jke plow tne more . with violating the old Sunday closing
plant food is prepared by the action of law, many of those indicted being non
oi. anA mnm mnUtnro la rarrlvl In resident actors, who will have to return
the soil to withstand droughts. Deep
fall plowing then is" a great aid In
breaking up the compounds of the soil.
in preparing plant food, In storing niols-
ture and in warming the soil for early
Dlaatlof.
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151G Martin Luther preached his fare
well sermon at Wittenberg.
1G30 -Civil government organized in
Connecticut with ) the adoption of
what is said to be the first written
constitution known to history.
10(50 Louis XIV. of France declared
war on England.
1700 Lemoine d'Iberville took possession
of the Mississippi in the name of
France.
1712 Robert Walpole expelled from the
House of Commons and committed to
the Tower.
1731 First colonial assembly of Georgia
met.
170t Pitt advocated in Parliament the
repeal of the stamp act.
1777 Vermont declared itself a free and
independent State.
J778 France recognized independence of
the United States.
1781 Americans defeated the British at
battle of Cowpens.
1781 American Congress rati6ed the
treaty with Great Britain.
1789 Charles IV. proclaimed King of
Spain.
1797 Weekly mail service established
between the United States aud Can
ada. 1805 Michigan territory formed from a
part of Indiana.
1809 English defeated the French at
battle of Corunna.
1810 Masked balls prohibited in New
Y'ork and Philadelphia.
1S13 Americans repulsed the British at
Frenchtown, on Lake Erie.... John
Armstrong of New York became Sec
retary of War.
1814 Thanksgiving in Great Britain for
successes over Bonaparte. . .Bayonne
invested by the British.
1810 The French standards taken at
Waterloo deposited in the Chapel
Royal, Whitehall.
1S20 Phurtpore taken by the British
under Lord Combermere.
1840 Steamboat Lexington burned on
Long Island sound, with loss of 141
lives.
1847 Gov. Bent of New Mexico killed
in an uprising of Mexicans.
1852 New constitution published by
Louis Napoleon of France.
18."4 William Walker, the filibuster,
proclaimed the republic of Sonora
in lower California.
1801 Lola Montez, adventuress who
caused abdication of Louis Charles
of Bavaria, died in poverty in New
York.
IS71 United States Supreme Court de
clared the legal tender act of 1802
constitutional. .. .King William of
Prussia proclaimed German Emperor.
1S7j President Grant approved the act
for resuming Rpecie payments.
IS75 Steamer City of Columbus wrecked
off Gay Head, with loss of 97 lives
....New State capitol at Des
Moines, dedicated.
188o British force defeated tho troops
of the Mahdi at battle of Abu Klea.
1891 Parnell presided over meetiiig of
Irish National League in Dublin.
1S90 Capture of Coomassies and end of
the Ashanti war.
1903 Several thousand lives lost in
earthquake at Andijan, Russian Tur
key. 1905 Japanese entered Tbrt Arthur. .. .
Fifty-nine lives lost in avalanche at
Bergen, Norway.
Proaslan SnfTmsre Tprlalna;.
The desire for manhood suffrage in
' parade the principal streets and to hold
' nnh n mpetinirs. it or io tnis a pro
' nubile meetings. J nor 10 mis a
cession before the Parliament building
had been dispersed by the police with
great violence after the Landtag had
voted down the suffrage proposition with
out division. on Buelow had told the
Ijndtag that parades and riots would not
out Prussia
Numerous Theater Indictments.
The grand jury at Kansas City, MoN
I 0a8 returned 109 indictments against per.
nons engaged in theatrical work, charged
for trial or forfeit bonds. Each manager
! J.'aaJ bbs rro rt v t i rrtm a m Km ttl
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tn the prepedin)C Sunday, on the theory
lhat the employer violates the law as
I muc)i by forcing his employes to work as
'does the employe by consenting to work.
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